"The Great Tang still doesn't have horseshoes!"
Horseshoes were used to protect the hooves of horses, but in the Great Tang, horseshoes had yet to be invented, and people had yet to understand the concept of putting shoes on horses!
The horns on the hooves were particularly easy to wear out, which led to a serious loss of a warhorse. Once the hooves were almost worn out, it meant that the warhorse had to retire. If it was lucky, it would be raised at home for the rest of its life. If it was unlucky, it would be directly slaughtered!
After all, horse meat was also an important source of meat. However, unless it was on the battlefield, very few people would slaughter horses!
Slaughtering warhorses was considered illegal when it was not a war!
"Do you have a blacksmith at home?"
Li Yi asked the butler. The warhorse pleaded with Li Yi. Its big eyes stared at Li Yi, and its big head kept burrowing into Li Yi's arms. Its body kept emitting a golden power that others could not see!
One thing Li Yi was sure of was that the larger the animal, the more energy it could provide to the jade in the brain. Therefore, a creature like a warhorse could provide more energy than twenty monkeys!
This jade stone had another amazing feature. It made all the animals feel at ease and friendly towards Li Yi. In Li Yi's zoo, the most difficult to get close to were not the tigers, black bears, or the most precious hippopotamus, but the monkeys!
But in the end, Li Yi's relationship with the monkeys was quite good. None of the monkeys bullied the monkeys like before!
If it was in the past, when Li Yi entered the Monkey Mountain, this group of monkeys who bullied the weak and feared the strong would have caused a huge ruckus. Who knew how many times the monkey food had been snatched and overturned!
However, after Li Yi obtained the jade, Monkey's attitude towards Li Yi became very, very gentle. It could even be described as " flattering ".
This also made Li Yi realize that the jade in his mind was not as simple as transmigrating!
Mmmm…
However, compared to " Animal Affinity " and " Traversing the Great Tang," the former was an additional benefit…
"Alright, alright. I know you're in pain, so I'll get someone to treat you immediately!”
Li Yi patted the warhorse's head. The warhorse crossed its legs and stood in front of Li Yi with a pitiful expression. The servants around were already dumbfounded.
Fortunately, the butler reacted." Yes, yes, yes. Blacksmiths and carpenters. Please wait a moment, Master!"”
"Mm, go and call him over first, then send someone to invite General Qin Qiong over!”
"Here!"
In this era, there was no such answer as " tsk ". The general answer was " now ". This word was not as impolite as pouting and pointing at others, but a very formal answer!
It was equivalent to "yes" or even "obey".
After a while, the blacksmith arrived first. Li Yi dismissed all the servants around him without hesitation and asked about the blacksmith's skills.
"I asked you to forge a U-shaped iron bar. Do you have any ideas? The iron bar must have at least four holes!”
Li Yi used a tree branch to draw on the soil at the side. Otherwise, people of this era would not know what a U-shape was!
"If it's in this shape, it's easy, but it's a little troublesome to drill holes. However, it's a little troublesome to do it!”
The blacksmith took a glance and roughly understood. Li Yi asked how long it would take, and the blacksmith gave an answer of at least six hours!
Six hours, that was six hours!
"Six hours for each?"
"This is the first time I'm forging it, so I don't dare to make a decision. Please give me a chance, Master…"
Blacksmiths were also slaves. Li Yi was stunned. Logically speaking, they should belong to the " craftsman register ". It seemed that this blacksmith had committed a crime or had some difficulties in his family, so he sold himself as a slave!
"Stand aside for now!"
The problem of the horseshoes was very important. Li Yi did not dare to act rashly. It was better to wait for Qin Qiong to come over before making a decision!
Li Yi didn't dare to interact too much with others, but this Qin Qiong could. There was also Cheng Yaojin. Forget about Yuchi Gong, but Yuchi Gong might not even fancy Li Yi. He was an old man who was arrogant and conceited.
After a while, Qin Qiong personally came to visit. Qin Qiong's physical fitness was still quite good, but after the Black Tortoise Gate, Qin Qiong was also injured a lot and recuperated at home. In the third and fourth years of Zhenguan, Qin Qiong's body began to decline rapidly. In the twelfth year of Zhenguan, he died of illness!
To put it bluntly, Qin Qiong had too many injuries and was unable to receive the best treatment and recovery. In the end, she directly died of illness!
"General, please make a decision. This matter is too big!”
Li Yi told Qin Qiong about the horseshoe in detail.
Qin Qiong's eyes lit up. As a general on horseback, no one knew better than him how important horseshoes were to warhorses, to the Great Tang!
Of course, it was even more important to the Turks!
The Great Tang lacked horses, while the Turks had many. The former had to save money, and every loss of a warhorse would cause them to wince in pain. The latter had many warhorses, and with horseshoes, they could perfectly display the strength of their cavalry!
This was of great importance!
"Take my token and invite the Crown Prince and the other generals!”
Qin Qiong did not hesitate to overstep his boundaries, but Li Yi did not mind. He had no way of handling this matter to the best extent. Letting Qin Qiong handle it was the most suitable!
Very quickly, in less than an hour, Li Shimin and the others had gathered in Li Yi's house. The warhorse lying in Li Yi's bedroom saw the increasing number of murderous bosses and neighed in fear. Li Yi comforted it for a while before using a large pile of vegetables to calm the warhorse.
However, the green vegetables kept being fed to the warhorses, causing Li Shiming and the others who had just entered the door to feel their hearts ache!
"Celestial child, although this warhorse is a gift from me, there is no need to treat it so well…"
Zhang Gongjin's heart ached for those vegetables. They were given to Li Yi by Li Shiming yesterday. Although it wasn't winter, it didn't mean that there were many green vegetables in the Great Tang!
Furthermore, Li Yi had fed him a honeydew, a precious fruit that was a tribute from the Tibetans. Li Shimin was so angry that he almost jumped up. He had only rewarded Li Yi with three honeydews, and now he was feeding them to the horses!
"It reminds me of horseshoes, something that can protect horseshoes. Do you think it's worth it?”
Li Yi smiled and asked in return. Yuchi Gong could no longer hold it in,""Li Yi, do you really think the horseshoes you mentioned can reduce the wear and tear of the horses?”
" To put it simply, as long as you pass the blacksmith's standard, the hoofs of a warhorse will be like your feet. If you wear shoes, you will only wear the hoofs. The hoofs will be almost undamaged. Of course, this is not absolute. If there are sharp objects harder than iron, they can also hurt the hoofs. However, those things are very rare. The possibility of them is even smaller than that of a tiger you encounter on the street..."
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